Anna Hazare

Anna Hazare: How an army transport driver became Gandhian activistic|
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Mohan Sivanand  |  in the altogether Delhi, April 8, 2011 | Updated 13:20 IST| |
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Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare during his fast unto death at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.Khemkaran, family line 1965. An Indian military convoy rumbles towards the fighting zone. Suddenly, two Pakistani Sabre jets drop out of the sky and scream in to attack. As bombs begin exploding around him, Kishan Baburao Hazare, driving a truck full of soldiers, speeds up. But when a splinter grazes his forehead, he ducks below the dashboard and jams on the brakes with his hands. The windscreen shatters and bullets riddle the firearm sitting next to Hazare. The 25-year-old driver tumbles out of his truck and prays fervidly as the two Sabres strafe the convoy again. When they finally disappear, hemorrhoid of jawans lie dead. Of the few survivors, only Hazare escapes serious injury. You saved me, God, Hazare says, e very(prenominal)place and over again. But why?At the colonization of Ralegaon Siddhi, I discovered why God saved Baburao Hazare. In the 1970s, Ralegaon Siddhi wasnt very different from hundreds of other villages in this arid part of Maharashtras Ahmadnagar district.



With pissing available only during the monsoons, its farmers could barely grow one sour a year, and 70 percent of the villages 315 families lived in abject poverty. Indeed, Ralegaon Siddhis more or less distinctive feature was its 40 illicit distilleries that made the village a popular haunt for drunks and gamblers. Thefts and brawls were commonplace.Since he returned to Ralegaon Siddhi in 1975, Hazare has spearheaded a movement that has changed all this for ever. Today, Ralegaon Siddhi is brisk and prosperous. Signs of rural modernity abound. Its handle are heavy with grain; theres a bank, a embarkment school, biogas plants; some of its farmers drive around on mopeds. Even more remarkable is the social transformation that...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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